Quantifying Alpatva (Scarcity) and Bahutva (Abundance): A Comparative Study of the Scale-identical Hindustānī Rāgas Bhūpālī and Deskār

Scale-identical rāgas are a common phenomenon in Hindustānī music. The popular rāgas Bhūpālī and Deskār both have the scale sa re ga pa dha, SRGPD (where sa is the tonic note and pa is the fifth), corresponding to the intervallic structure of the major pentatonic scale in Western music. Yet, they ar...

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Main Author: Achintya Prahlad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Analytical Approaches to World Music 2023-06-01
Series:Analytical Approaches to World Music
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Online Access:https://journal.iftawm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Prahlad_AAWM_Vol_11_1.pdf
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